Comverse Network Systems Selected By B-Band Operators In Brazil, BCP And BSE, To Provide Enhanced Services Platforms For Deployment In Their New Digital Wireless Networks
WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 1999--Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT - news), and the world's leading supplier of enhanced services platforms to wireless and wireline network operators, today announced that it was selected by BCP Telecomunicacoes (BCP) and BSE Telecomunicacoes (BSE), of Brazil to provide enhanced services platforms for deployment in BCP's and BSE's digital wireless networks serving over 69 million POPs in Sao Paulo and the northeast regions of Brazil.
Comverse Network Systems' enhanced services platforms enable BCP and BSE to provide messaging services, such as call answering and short text messaging. When a subscriber is unavailable or busy, callers can deposit a voice message into the subscriber's personal, private mailbox. The subscriber then can be notified that they have a message waiting for them via a brief text message on their wireless handset.
Kobi Alexander, Chairman, President, and CEO of Comverse Technology, said, ''As one of the first digital wireless operators in Brazil, BCP and BSE have experienced tremendous growth in their subscriber base, achieving more than half a million subscribers in just a few months of operation. We believe that the availability of enhanced messaging services deployed on Comverse Network Systems' platforms will help drive the demand for digital wireless services in Brazil.''
About BCP and BSE
BCP and BSE are sister companies owned by a consortium which includes BellSouth Corporation; Grupo Safra, a leading banking and industrial group; OESP, a publishing and media group; and, Splice, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer and supplier. Both network operators won B-Band licenses in 1997 to supply digital wireless services in regions throughout Brazil.
BCP supplies digital wireless service to over 44 million POPs in 64 municipalities in Sao Paulo. BCP launched service on its network in May of 1998, and currently serves over 700,000 subscribers.
BSE supplies digital wireless service to over 25 million POPs in the Northeastern region of Brazil, Region 10, which includes the major metropolitan areas of Recife and Fortalenza, and the states of Alagoas, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Piaui, and Rio Grande.
About Comverse Network Systems
Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT - news) and the world's leading supplier of enhanced services platforms to communication network operators is headquartered in Wakefield, MA. Comverse's Access NP® and TRILOGUE(TM) INfinity(TM) enhanced services platforms enable communications network operators to offer a range of revenue-generating multimedia messaging and information services to business and residential users. These services include call answering, unified messaging (voice, fax, and e-mail in a single mailbox), short text message service, fax-on-demand, audiotex, interactive voice response, virtual phone/fax, and next-generation Advanced Intelligent Network-based personal communications services such as pre-paid services, call screening/caller introduction, and mobile attendant. Comverse Network Systems is the worldwide enhanced services platform market leader serving over 280 network operator customers in more than 70 countries. For additional information, visit Comverse Network Systems' web site at: comversens.com
About Comverse Technology
Comverse Technology, Inc., headquartered in Woodbury, New York, designs, develops, manufactures and markets computer and telecommunications systems and software for communications and information processing applications. In addition to enhanced services platforms, Comverse's primary products include multiple channel, multimedia digital monitoring systems marketed to law enforcement and intelligence agencies under the name AUDIODISK(TM); and, multiple channel, multimedia digital recording, logging, and quality monitoring systems marketed to call centers, financial institutions and other organizations under the name ULTRA(TM). Visit Comverse Technology's web site at comverse.com
Access NP is a registered trademark, TRILOGUE and INfinity are trademarks, of Comverse Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries.
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